Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-05
THE EmARsHEAmILY.

The Original John Marsh. the Pic.
 neer of the American marshes-The
 Marshes and Their Connecticut
 Record.
 In his address at the Marsh reunion in
 Hartford Wednesday, MT. John E. Marsh of
 Hartford spoke in detail concerning John
 Marsh, the pioneer and early settler who
 came to Hartford in 1868. The son of this
 Marsh was John Marsh 2d, who had four
 sons, John, who was one of the original set
 tiers of Litchfeld; Joseph, who went to
 Lebanon; Jonathan, who settled in New
 Hartford, and Nathaniel, who remained in
 Hartford.
 The speaker began by telling of the early life of the pioneer in Braintree, Essex county, England, and spoke of his emigration to America in 1885, and of his arrival in Hart ford the year following. He owned thirty six acres of land there, the homestead being ! located at the spot now marked by the junc- | ton of Temple and Front streets, neither of which, of course, were then in existence. ' Following this came detailed account of \ the controversy among the members of the ' old Center church, which led to his removing \ from Hartford in 1659, and going to Hadley, \ Mass. Forty families in Hartford and twenty \ in Wethersield moved away at the same \ time for the same reason. The speaker then \ gave rapid sketch of his life at Hadley which was full of interest, coupled with some N account of the marriage and place of settle \ ment of each of his nine children. The death \ of his wife in 1862 was followed by his sec- \ ond marriage, two years later. His own | death occurred at Windsor in 1868. His son John, after marriage, lived in the old home \ stead in Hartford and it was his sons who ' were among the earliest settlers of Lltchheld, Lebanon and New Hartford above referred to. A speech of an informal nature was also made by Colonel Lucius B. Marsh of Boston, | who spoke of the pleasure he had taken in making these researches, and said that dur \ ing the past two years he had succeeded in acquiring considerable information regarding bered as the officer who commanded the de. ! fences of New Orleans during the siege or Port Hudson. Among the members of the association ! Riverius Marsh, New Brunswick, N.J.; Lu- cius B. Marsh, Boston; J. Dwight Marsh, HadIey, Mass Henry E. Marsh, New Haven; Edward B. Marsh, Amherst, Mass; Samuel Mather, Windsor; Aaron Marsh Hill, Doug lass, Mass; Julia c. Mills, Newark, N. J.; George Marsh Darlington, West Winsted; Lydia Marsh Rogers, Windsor; J. H. Marsh, Andover, Mass; George E. Marsh, Maiden, Mass; Susan L. Marsh Jacques, Waterbury; Kate M. Marsh, Myron Goodwin Marsh and Marsh, Edward W. Marsh and Frank T. Marsh, Hartford; Jonathan F. Marsh, Bristol; Grace Marsh Will New Brunswick, N. J.; Newton A. Marsh, Detroit, Mich; James B. Marsh, Lowell, Mass; John E. Marsh, Hartford; Dwight W. Y Marsh, D. D., Amherst, Mass; Mrs. Julia A. Marsh, Williams. Hartford: Miss Mary A. Marsh and Miss Clara Marsh, Hartford; n a,.1M MOr1- tague Root Marsh, Springfield; Miss Margaret K Rockwell, Manchester; Mrs. | Margaret Marsh Warren and Dr. H. 0. War | ren, Boston; Mabelle s. Marsh, Lavinia Lou | ise Marsh and Alice Marsh Adkins Rogers, Hartford; Mrs. Emeline F. Marsh Adkins, Reynolds Bridge, Conn; Louise M. Caring | ton, West Winsted; Annie N. Marsh, Hart | ford.
 The members of the Marsh family came | together again yesterday forenoon at Unity \ lower hall and after singing and several short \ addresses the election of officers took place \ and resulted as follows: Colonel Lucius B. | Marsh of Boston, president; vice presidents, ! Wm. T. Marsh of Litchfeld, Riverius Marsh I of New Brunswick, N. J., Charles B. Marsh ! of New Milford, John E. Marsh of Hartford, | Sanford Marsh of Montague, Mass, Horatio | Marsh of Joliet, H., Ephraim Gilmore of | Chicago, James A. Marsh of Cleveland, Lu- | ther R. Marsh of New York city, Edward W. Marsh of Bridgeport; secretary, -
 Johnson of Greenfield, Mass; treasurer, Edmund B. Marsh of Amherst, Mass; com mittee publications, Rev. w. Marsh of ! Amherst, Mass, Edmund B. Marsh of Am ! herst. Mass, J. Dwight Marsh of Hadley, | Mass; executive committee, Riyerius Marsh ! of New Brunswick, N. J., John E. Marsh of ! Hartford, James R. Marsh of Lowell, Mass. It was decided to hold the next meeting at Bridgeport in September, 1888, and the ex- ! ecutive committee were empowered to add to their number and make all arrangements for ! the publication of programmes and the noti- | fcation, as one expressed it, "of every man, I woman and child of the name of Marsh or | who had ancestors of that name or who expected to marry Marsh"